New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) India has embarked on the path of educational diplomacy in order…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that increased pensions under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme have been disbursed to…
Bengaluru, March 21 (IANS) In a shock to thousands of second year pre-university course (equivalent to class 12) students across Karnataka, the higher education department cancelled the chemistry exam held on Monday as its question…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The central government on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to vacate the interim stay on ban on some fixed dose combinations (FDC) medicines sold by pharma majors saying they…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Congress on Monday accused the BJP of raising the issue of nationalism to cover up the failures of its government. “The only reason why the bogey of nationalism is…
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) India’s current account deficit (CAD) dropped to $7.1 billion or 1.3 percent of GDP in the third quarter of 2015-16 on account of narrowing trade deficit, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…
New Delhi: A Congress delegation including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika Soni, Kapil Sibal, AK Antony and others call on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, on March 21, 2016. (Photo: IANS/RB) New…
Ahmedabad, March 21 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a lawyer on Monday set himself ablaze inside the Gujarat High Court premises and rushed towards the court of the chief justice. Panic prevailed in the court…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) In what could cause further embarrassment for the Trinamool Congress, Narada News on Monday published a new set of videos of its sting operation in which two prominent leaders of West…
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday attached a sugar mill and 290 acres of land in Nashik worth Rs.55 crore in connection with the money laundering cases filed against NCP leader…
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan (Photo: IANS/PIB) Ahmedabad, March 21 (IANS) Amid a controversy over the issue of reservation for weaker sections in the country, union minister Ram…
Hyderabad, March 21 (IANS) A lawyer has been arrested for stealing law books and citations from Hyderabad High Court, police said on Monday. G.G. Venugopala Krishna admitted that he had been stealing law books, journals…
Howrah: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee with Vaishali Dalmiya, daughter of Jagmohan Dalmiya and cricketer turned politician Laxmi Ratan Shukla during an election campaign in Howrah of West Bengal on…
Congress leader Manish Tewari addresses (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A day after a union minister’s praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as god’s gift, the Congress on Monday took a potshot…
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (Xinhua/Easwaran) Colombo, March 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Monday said it is considering devolving powers to provinces through a new constitution now under discussion. President Maithripala Sirisena said he supports…
New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses media at JNU in New Delhi on March 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A court here on Monday sought an action taken report from…
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) Shillong, March 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday admitted that there was a need to strengthen security along the international border in the northeastern…
Ludhiana, March 21 (IANS) All the over 130 patients had a narrow escape when a private cancer hospital caught fire on Monday in Punjab’s Ludhiana district. Flames engulfed parts of the Mohan Dai Cancer Hospital…
Amritsar: Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh visits the Golden Temple in Amritsar, on Dec 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Monday said the timing of an…
Guwahati, March 21 (IANS) In a historic development in India’s northeastern region, the first broad gauge freight train to Mizoram rolled into the Bhairabi station on Monday, officials said. The train — comprising 42 wagons…